- Carol Skelton
Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix =The Honourable
name=Carol Skelton
term_start=2000 election
term_end=
predecessor=Dennis Gruending
birth_date= birth date and age | 1945|12|12
birth_place=Biggar ,Saskatchewan
successor=
death_date=
death_place=
profession=nonprofit service coordinator, farmer, family services officer
party=Conservative
party colour=Conservative
residence=Saskatoon
riding=Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
spouse=Noel Skelton|Carol Skelton, PC, MP (born
December 12 ,1945 inBiggar, Saskatchewan ) and was the Minister of National Revenue ofCanada from 2006 to 2007.Skelton, an administrator, coordinator, farmer, rancher and recruiter is a member of the
Canadian House of Commons . She was first elected in the 2000 federal election by 68 votes over incumbentDennis Gruending of theNew Democratic Party (NDP) in the riding ofSaskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar as a member of theCanadian Alliance . She was deputy leader of the Canadian Alliance for six months in 2003 before that party disbanded itself to merge into the newConservative Party of Canada .She was re-elected in the 2004 federal election by over 2,000 votes in a rematch against Gruending. She is the former official opposition critic of Family Issues, Children and Youth, Human Resources Development, the Deputy Prime Minister, Social Economy, Western Economic Diversification, Public Health and Social Development, where she was instrumental in developing the party's child care policies.
In 2006, she was re-elected again, defeating NDP candidate
Nettie Wiebe by 6.3%. She was appointed to the federal Cabinet onFebruary 6 ,2006 , making her the first ever female Canadian federal cabinet minister elected from the province of Saskatchewan.She is married to Noel and they have three children and five grandchildren.
On May 28, 2007, she announced a new Taxpayers' Bill of Rights and the creation of a Taxpayer's Ombudsman at the Canada Revenue Agency.
In January 2007, she lost the portfolio of
Minister of Western Economic Diversification when it was transferred toRona Ambrose in a minorcabinet shuffle . Skelton announced onAugust 3rd ,2007 , that she would not run in the next election. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070803/skelton_politics_070803/20070803?hub=Canada] Her tenure as Revenue minister ended when Prime Minister Harper again shuffled his cabinet onAugust 14 2007 .External links
* [http://www.carolskelton.ca Skelton's Website]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=1e7a0863-35c2-4ae6-93db-9f9a11425d40&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]
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